4.7.2009: America's 4 July bonfires served a dual purpose yesterday. They burned the wood of trees destroyed by a trio of bugs that are devastating parts of the nation's forests.
With 750 million acres of forests in the United States, the scale of the problem is massive. Since 1999, the country has lost, on average, 1 per cent of its tree cover per year. This means these small insects have killed about 10 per cent of all US forests in 10 years.
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4.7.2009: Die USA leiden unter dem schlimmsten Waldsterben seit 150 Jahren
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Nova Scotia restoring forests damaged by the spruce bark beetleThe provincial government of Nova Scotia is restoring forests in Cape Breton's Mabou Highlands ravaged by the spruce bark beetle.
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Failed audits, destruction of intact forests: Report reveals AbibitiBowater's miserable logging record in OntarioA new Greenpeace report shows, that despite receiving advice to not extend the company's licence, the Ontario government allowed AbitibiBowater to clearcut thousands of hectares of vital woodland caribou habitat in northwestern Ontario, increa
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Timber industry threatened by unwanted, invasive weedA $494,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant will study how the spread of cogongrass affects Alabama's pine forests.
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Concerns raised over cut of Saskatchewan's Dutch elm disease programREGINA — Every time another elm tree becomes infected with Dutch elm disease (DED) and is cut down on Nathaniel Bowen's tree-lined street in Regina, he can't help but feel sad.
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Debugging the beetle kill argument
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Tree fungus – 4,700 acres to be felled
Seven square miles of woodland are to be wiped from the West landscape as the battle to control a virulent tree-killing fungus intensifies.
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Nematodes are a real threat for European forests
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Softwood lumber dispute’s next round set to begin August 9On August 9, the United States will makes its case to the London Court of International Arbitration that British Columbia is subsidizing timber prices for pine-beetle damaged trees.
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DuPont volunteers to suspend sales of its herbicide Imprelis®DuPont Chemical produces a herbicide, called Imprelis®, that was developed by its scientists to be “a post-emergent broadleaf weed control product that provides turf professionals with an innovative solution to control a wide spectrum of broadleaf weeds.”
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Alberta making progress against the mountain pine beetleAerial surveys show Alberta is making progress in its fight against mountain pine beetle infestations in some parts of the province.
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One pine beetle outbreak can affect forest carbon flux for decadesBut the precise effect of pine bark beetle plagues on the nitrogen cycle and carbon cycle is highly variable, says a research group led by the University of Idaho, who have used an ecosystem model to simulate outbreaks.
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There's still money in trees, even wilding pineIn response to the problems, and the costs, of wilding conifer control (ODT, 28.12.11) there is considerable scope to mitigate much of these costs with the recovery of saleable wood in the form of saw logs, post timber (roundwood), firewood and the potential income from chipping residue fo
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Is aggressive salvage logging in B.C. causing the crash of the moose populations?The Vancouver Sun is reporting that the salvage logging (Kalamitätsnutzung) of the beetle-killed pine forests in British Columbia is being blamed for moose populations in the interior crashing by up to 70%.
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